Student Question
Which chapter and page in "Night" does the son kill his father?
Quick answer:
The tragic incident of a son killing his father for a piece of bread in "Night" occurs towards the end of Chapter 7, on page 96 in some versions of the text. This happens during a grueling journey to another camp, when they're starving and bread is thrown into their transport. Misinterpreting his father's attempt to share a piece of bread, the son brutally kills him, only to be killed by others soon after.
Allowing that different versions of this text have different pagination, the story appears at the end of Chapter 7, on what is (in my text) page 96.
At this point, Elie and his father have walked a significant distance in order to move to another camp. They have, thereafter, been loaded into a train for the remainder of the journey. They are starving at this point, and when nearby crowds throw bread into the transport, another father on the train snatches a piece and hides it in his shirt, intending to share it with his son. His son misinterprets the move and attacks the father, killing him despite protests from the father. Soon after, others in the train car descend on the son, killing him as well.
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